...wanted to share some information about veggies in containers. I tried a little experiment and planted several pepper plants and tomatoes. I used Coast of Maine gardening soil mixed with additional city compost in several of the containers and those plants have grown 4 inches in a week.… More

...st aqiured a Tiller , I have been planting in tub containers with pretty good luck but not without it's problems, a lot of shoveling/mixing in mixer and fighting every thing from too much water to to little,… More

Our Container Vegetable Garden was a success but not without problems, too little water, too much water, soil mix was too heavy didn't drain well, fertlizer " too much, too little, how much , how often, I learned one thing Containers must be watched very carefully because things happen FAST… More

I've been reading all your posts. No wonder ya don's have any fruit DonnaMarie. I do feed my tomatoes weekly(every sunday). Since i use mainly a mix of organic-and a tad of the *BLUE STUFF* My fertilizer is made very very mildly. I make up fish emultions as the pkg… More

PLEASE HELP!!Has anyone ever used for your container a garden soil mix that is supposed to be worked into regular soil? I bought Sta-green garden soil for vegetables and flowers for my containers because regular potting soils did not specifically say "for veg." (I have NO experience with gardening at… More

...eople.virginia.edu/~wds3r/planter.html]THIS steel container but not sure if I am done yet. Would you paint it or just leave it rusty? It is really big compared to my current displays of container-based plants so I'm wondering if it should be set off in a different part of the yard.… More

...ool: Realistically, what is the smallest possible container size for lettuce and broccoli plants? How much space do they REALLY need? Can I trade depth for width, or do their roots really need horizontal real estate? Is a windowbox even… More

... all...I'm new here and this is my second year of container gardening. I'm learning a lot just by observing what has happened to my plants from last year to this year but I still have lot's of questions. I'm hoping I can get some help with types of… More

...ning, couldn't you use smaller containers to grow plants than is generally recommended, as long as you were very diligent about watering and feeding your plants. I don't have sufficient room to use the large multi-gallon containers recommended for some plants, but I can ensure that daily watering… More